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NOTICES PORT SANITARY AUTHORITIES.
Notice was received from the Commandant, Discharge Depot,
Gosport, of two soldiers coming into the Poplar Borough from the
s.s. "Plassy," on which ship there were several cases of Measles.
The soldiers arrived in the Poplar District, but not at the addresses
stated.
Notice was received also from the Commandant, Discharge
Depot, Gosport, of two soldiers coming into the Poplar Borough
from the s.s. "Dilwara." Two cases of Small-pox had occurred
on board, one was landed at Aden and the other at Malta on the
23rd January. One soldier was not known at the address stated
and the Commandant was so informed.
Notice was received from the Port Medical Officer, Southampton,
of four passengers coming into the Poplar District from the s.s.
"Dilwara." Two passengers were not known at the addresses
given, and one was known but had not arrived.
Notice was received from the Medical Officer for the Port of
London that two sailors were proceeding to the Poplar District
from the s.s. "Sigyn" from Alexandria. A case of Small-pox had
occurred on board and was removed to the hospital at Denton.
The patient had joined the ship on 15th February at Algiers. The
sailors did not arrive at the address given, but went into the
Borough of Stepney.
Notice was received from the Hull and Goole Port Sanitary
Authority on the 6th March of a passenger on the s.s. "Uskmoor"
from Karachi, a port where Cholera existed, who arrived in Hull
on the 3rd March, and was proceeding to the Poplar District.